Online Short Stories
KIRKUS REVIEW from New York/ July 2024 In Newton’s novel, a London gambler dedicates his life to avoiding the regular nine-to-five grind. West London’s Mayfair club and casino is known for offering its clientele a ready and reliable source of culinary delights. Their food plays an integral role in bon vivant Jonathon Burne-Jones’ freewheeling but […]
Two ole duffers landed at a forgotten church-yard; to set-up tea things upon a big level tombstone — out touring for Sunday afternoon when late flowers still bloomed, grass grew everywhere and leaves above seen as green and full… “Bring out the stove, the pan and two cups; it’s all there in the back-seats, from […]
It started out as a fine day on the coast of a small town in California: summoned to appear by late morning, to explain myself, before a local Appeal Board for the army draft. I went cleaned-up and shaved; but dressed informally trying to appear authentic but not proud, honest yet not afraid – “I’m […]
Rudi was under the full canopy of a big park tree for asummer’s afternoon, joined by another Yankee in KensingtonGardens. It was West London on a weekday, with a select crowd settingacross the lawns; not part of the workforce, not today. Both men were keen to talk about the Vietnam conflict: theirmilitary units, the battle […]
